Privacy policy
This English version is a courtesy translation. The German version is legally binding.
1. Controller
Gästehaus Margret, Margret Bumm
Knockstraße 5, 97980 Bad Mergentheim OT Markelsheim, Germany
Phone: +49 7931 45691 · Email: info@gaestehaus-margret.de
2. Principle: as little data as possible
This website sets no cookies, uses no analytics or tracking services and shows no advertising. Fonts and images are loaded from our own server, not from third parties. This also applies to the photos on the “Excursions” page. There is no database or user account on this website. Your choice of language (German or English) is not stored either.
3. Hosting and server log files
This website is hosted by IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany. When you open the pages, the web server processes technically necessary data such as your IP address, the date and time of the request, the page requested, the amount of data transferred and information about your browser. This is necessary to deliver the pages and to keep operation secure and stable (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, legitimate interest). The hosting provider determines how long these logs are kept. A data processing agreement pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR exists with IONOS.
4. Enquiry form
If you send us an enquiry using the form, we process the details you enter: name and email address (mandatory) and, if you wish, phone number, travel dates, room preference, number of guests, information about children, a note about a dog, and your message. We use them solely to answer your enquiry and, if applicable, to reserve a room for you. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (pre-contractual measures at your request) and, for general questions, Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in answering).
The form sends your details to us by email. Sending is handled by the mail server of our hosting provider IONOS SE (processor). You also receive an automatic confirmation at the address you entered. To protect against misuse (spam), a non-reversible check value of your IP address is kept on the server for no more than one hour.
Without the mandatory details we cannot process your enquiry. We delete your enquiry as soon as it has been dealt with. If a contract is concluded, we keep the data required for it for as long as commercial and tax retention obligations demand (up to ten years).
5. Contact by email or phone
If you contact us by email or phone, we process your details to deal with your request (Art. 6(1)(b) or (f) GDPR). Here too we delete the data once the matter is dealt with, unless a statutory retention obligation applies.
6. Google Maps (location map)
On the “Getting here” page we offer a location map from Google Maps. The map is loaded only after you click “Load map”. Only then is data, in particular your IP address and information about your device, transferred to Google (Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; transfer to Google LLC in the USA is possible). The legal basis is your consent by clicking (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, Section 25(1) TDDDG). You can withdraw it at any time by leaving the page or deleting the entry in your browser.
If you tick “Always load maps on this site in future”, your browser stores this decision locally (local storage). The entry is not transmitted to us and can be deleted in your browser settings at any time. You can find more about data processing by Google in Google's privacy policy.
7. External links
On the “Excursions” and “Getting here” pages we link to third-party websites (for example tourism websites, Deutsche Bahn, Google Maps or Wikipedia). These links lead away from our site and open in a new window. Data is only transferred to the respective operator once you click a link. The respective operator is responsible for its data processing; please see its privacy policy.
8. Your rights
You have the right at any time to information about your stored data (Art. 15 GDPR), to rectification (Art. 16), erasure (Art. 17), restriction of processing (Art. 18), data portability (Art. 20) and to object to processing based on legitimate interests (Art. 21). You can withdraw any consent given at any time with effect for the future. Simply contact us; you will find our contact details above.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority. The authority responsible for us is the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of Baden-Württemberg (Landesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit Baden-Württemberg), Lautenschlagerstraße 20, 70173 Stuttgart, Germany.
9. Encryption
For security reasons this site uses SSL/TLS encryption (recognisable by “https://” in the address bar).
Last updated: November 2026 · Image credits